GDT 5/20/26: Braves @ Marlins - Fish for Sale

bravesfanMatt said:
I think they could survive that easier than a Wheeler or Sanchez hitting the IL imo...
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I don’t understand how they keep pitchers so healthy. Wheeler is old and finally had (non-pitching related) issues. Luzardo was a walking injury before going there. Sanchez hasn’t missed a pitch.
 
Wheeler is due for some pretty major regression unless his metrics improve. He has the highest hard hit rate of his career, but his HR rate is a miniscule .28. His swing and miss % is a down a lot too.
 
Carp said:
Wheeler is due for some pretty major regression unless his metrics improve. He has the highest hard hit rate of his career, but his HR rate is a miniscule .28. His swing and miss % is a down a lot too.
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Idk, he’s still working back. Until he’s not great while out there, I won’t bank on him not being great.
 
Heyward said:
Philly played one of their easiest stretches of the year, while Atlanta had LA and Sea on the road, plus the Cubs. Philly's next 12 are 3 with Cle, 6 with SD, and 3 with the Dodgers. Braves can easily bury them in that stretch. If Philly went around .500, that would be impressive, that's a brutal stretch of games.

Even then, a 7 game lead is pretty fucking huge, and is still the largest in baseball. It just shows how hard it is to overcome a huge lead. You have to play like unsustainable baseball and the team ahead of you needs to have a collapse like no other Fredi Gonzalez.
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Red Sox are pretty blah so if they are out of it at the deadline I'd go after Chapman and make the BP basically unhittable and shorten games to 5 innings. Having Lee, Suarez, Chapman, and Iglesias coming out of the bullpen would be insane. I'm guessing Buxton will be available too and he would really put the team over the top and he only has 2/30 after this year. Moving him to LF and DH should keep him healthy.
 
Hudson2 said:
Red Sox are pretty blah so if they are out of it at the deadline I'd go after Chapman and make the BP basically unhittable and shorten games to 5 innings. Having Lee, Suarez, Chapman, and Iglesias coming out of the bullpen would be insane. I'm guessing Buxton will be available too and he would really put the team over the top and he only has 2/30 after this year. Moving him to LF and DH should keep him healthy.
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I am definitely not against getting a high leverage relief pitcher. Preferably a left-hander. But if you compare Fuentes with Chapman, They aren't far off from each other. I really hope WW starts to Press DF more in high leverage situations.
 
bravesfanMatt said:
I am definitely not against getting a high leverage relief pitcher. Preferably a left-hander. But if you compare Fuentes with Chapman, They aren't far off from each other. I really hope WW starts to Press DF more in high leverage situations.
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Same. Chapman has that experience that DF doesn't have yet in the playoffs. With DF in the fold that would probably be the best BP ever assembled. A BP like that wins you a WS.
 
Hudson2 said:
Red Sox are pretty blah so if they are out of it at the deadline I'd go after Chapman and make the BP basically unhittable and shorten games to 5 innings. Having Lee, Suarez, Chapman, and Iglesias coming out of the bullpen would be insane. I'm guessing Buxton will be available too and he would really put the team over the top and he only has 2/30 after this year. Moving him to LF and DH should keep him healthy.
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If you look at the White Sox our old buddy Newk is having a really strong season. Would be a great second LHRP and would be much more affordable than Chapman.
 
CyYoung31 said:
I 100% believe that Byron Buxton will be a Brave come the trade deadline.
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I’d like to see the Braves make a big push for Skubal. He would take our rotation to a whole different level and would keep him away from the Dodgers. I think we have to treat this as a World Series or bust year.
 
Slippyjms said:
I’d like to see the Braves make a big push for Skubal. He would take our rotation to a whole different level and would keep him away from the Dodgers. I think we have to treat this as a World Series or bust year.
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Unless the Tigers have a big turnaround soon then Skubal is getting shipped somewhere. Would be about as good of an addition as one could make.
 
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